Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-06
General LOgan's Remains Tenderly
and SOlemnly Laid to Rest in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
The Capitol Crowded With a Large
and Distinguished Gathering, of
MOurnerS.
A MOurnfu1 Day.
CROWDS AT THE CAPITOL.


to heavy fog, almost rainfall. The
two inches of thawing snow and ice which
covered the ground made marching and
all outdoor exercise a thing to be dread
ed, However, great crowds made their
way from early morning toward the capt.
toll to view the remains of the dead
statesman, and the time of lying in state
was too short to give an opportunity for
all to pass it. At il o'clock the doors
were closed to the general public, and,
while two ranks of the Grand Army of
the Republic veterans filed on either
side of the bier, the undertaken screwed
down the lid of the casket. A belated
delegation of friends arrived from Chica-
go a few minutes later, and the casket
was reopened to enable them to take a
last look at the body.
THE SENATE CHAMBER.
At 1910 the palI-bearers took their
places and conveyed the casket to the
Senate chamber. The hall of the Senate
was tastefully, though not deliberately,
draped, and the chair of the dead Senator
the second of the innermOst row from the
center aisle was covered with Grape. The
Clerks desk was almost hidden in bank
of floral emblems, fanked on the right
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the badge of the Fifteenth Army Corps.
Two or three hundred additional chairs
had been arranged in rows for the accom-
dation of those who had been invited to
do honor to the deceased.
The Senators came in singIy or in pairs
and took the seats assigned them an the
left of the presiding officers desk, leaving
the three front rows vacant. At 11:45
o'clock, clad in their silken robes of office,
entered without formal announcement
Chief Justice Waite, and Associate JUS
tees Bradley, Harlan, Gray, Field, and
Matthews, together with the officers of
the Supreme Court, and took the seats
assigned to them to the right of the pre-
siding officers desk. Behind them came
the members of the House of Representa-
tives, headed by the officers OF the body,
and were conducted to their seats in the
rear of the chamber. The members of
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
many of whom came in dress uniforms,
were ushered to seats upon the right,
and behind them came the representa-
tives of the administration. Secretaries
Bayard, Endicott, Whitney, and Attorn-
ely General Garland, who were placed in
the first row upon the right. The Presi-
dent was not able to be present, for
though in better health yesterday, his
physician had counciled him not to ex-
pose himself to the inclement weather.
The chair assigned him was left vacant.
The galleries were completely filled,
though thanks to the admirable police
arrangements, planned by the Sergeant
alarms and carried out by his deputies
and assistants, there was no crOwding
and nothing occurred to mar the pro-
ceedings. The seats reserved for the
family of the President were occupied by
Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Folsom, Mrs. Villas
Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Lamont
At IL o'clock hush fell over the as
semblage, and as the procession of
mourners entered the north door Of the
chamber, every occupant of seat upon
the floor rose to his feet.
MRS. LOGAN, HEAv LY YELLED,
was supported by her son, John A. Lo-
gan, Jr., Major and Mrs. Tucker and
their son, Logan Tucker, Cornelius and
James 7. Logan, brothers of the General;
Miss Andrews, affianced of John A. Lo-
gan, Jr., and Mary Brady, cherished
friend of the family, and for years a
member of the household, composed the
mourning procession. They we're ush-
cred to seats upon the left front, Fol
lowing the mourners came the funeral
procession, headed by the Rev. DR.. New
man, the officiating Clergyman; the Rev.
DR.. Butler, chaplain of the senate;
Bishop Andrews; of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, and the Rev. DR.. 0. FL. Tiff
any, of Philadelphia, the former pas
tor of the Metropolitan church, of this
city.
Tke honorary pali-bearers were General
Sherman, the Hon. Roscoe Conkling, SEN
ator Stanford, Postmaster General Villas,
General Lucius Fairchild, Mr.. G. G. An
drews, Col. Fred D. Grant, DR.. Mcmillan,
M. D. Leggett, and General John c. Black.
They wore sashes of black with shoulder
knots of white and black ribbons. They
formed in two lines as they came within
the bar, and between them passed the
men of the G. A. R. bearing the casket.
The Congressional Committee wore wide
sashes of white. The honorary pail
bearers and the committee were conduct
ed to seats on the left center. Senator
Sherman and Speaker Carlisle occupied
chairs at the Presidents desk, and the
cIergymen at the desk of the Secre-
tarY.
THE SOLEMN SERVICES
we're begun by the reading of the nine
tieth psalm by Bishop Andrews. Prayer
was offered by DR. Tiffany in the follow
ing words:
sAlmighty and most merciful God, our
Heavenly Father, we offer unto Thee our
PRAYERS, and ask the privilege of Try
grace, and the help of Thy spirit, that
we may be heard and answered. Theu
art our refuge and our strength, our
ever present help in time of trouble.
Thou hast brought Us to the valley of the
shadow of death, where to-day we walk
with bowed heads and reVerent feet. We
come here to-day to mourn our dead.
Thou hast taken from among US one
whom thy people loved. We give Thee
thanks for what he has been to Us and to
the Nation. We thank Thee for what he
was in his home. The fountain Of affec-
ton, the expression of fidelity, the
thought of love and reverence. We thank
thee for what he has been to society at
large: for what he was to the army IN
time of trouble. We thank Thee for
the magnifcence of his personal
being; for the integrity of his military
conduct, and for all the grace and glory
which Thou didst permit him to win and
to receive. We thank Thee for what he